✦ LIBER ✦
Enteroliths in Meckels diverticulum misinterpreted as teeth
✍ Scribed by H. P. Ewing; M. W. L. Gear
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 451 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
There have been few reports of stones in a Meckel's diverticulum being diagnosed pre-operativelylj*>3. Such a diagnosis could have been entertained in this case where calcified mobile opacities were demonstrated in plain abdominal radiographs. However, owing to their teeth-like appearance, the lesion was thought to be a dermoid.